Category: WEALTH & POVERTY

by CAMBRIA ROTH I had been volunteering with Pathfinders Children’s Ministry for a few months when I first met Alyssa Koster. (Like the other children in this story, her name has been changed.) We were at a Christmas festival a church in Truckee had organized for children who come from

Suthida Khongkhatitham spoke with Scott Cooksley, a once-homeless Reno man who has since gotten back on his feet and is giving back to the community during this holiday season. Now a manager at the St. Vincent’s Food Pantry in Reno, Cooksley says his mission is for everyone to have food to

by CAMBRIA ROTH Each Friday around 6 p.m. you will see children running around the Evelyn Mount Elementary School playground in Reno. Volunteers play tag with them, push them on the swing sets, and often just sit and talk about how the children’s week was. Pathfinders Children’s Ministry is an

by CAMBRIA ROTH Volunteers of America (VOA) has been a nonprofit organization for over a century now, but many haven’t heard of their services that focus on individual women, men and families. VOA’s Northern Nevada chapter offers services ranging from providing shelter to mental-health counseling. “We have 27 units in

by SAGE LEEHEY In April 2012, Steve Funk and Randy Pease of the Reno marketing and public relations company PROBIS Ltd. were looking for a way that to use their talents to give back to the Reno-Sparks community. The result was the Reno-Sparks Cash Mob. “At the time [we started], our community

by CAMBRIA ROTH In the 12 years that Paula Crandell was a social worker for Reno nonprofit Casa de Vida there was always one story that resonated with her most. “This woman named Stephanie came from Las Vegas and had been in a juvenile detention center, and she was on probation,

by CAMBRIA ROTH Reno resident Jessica Bullard* is in a job training program and trying to turn her life around. She had a baby two weeks ago and was so excited to finally be eligible to apply for low-income apartment housing – except that she can’t because of the U.S. federal government

by CAMBRIA ROTH Reno Councilwoman Neoma Jardon was driving up Fourth Street in her city when she stopped at a four-way light near the National Bowling Stadium. She looked at all four corners of the intersection and saw a homeless population on each. She thought, “How does that look to our

Catholic Charities of Northern Nevada, a non-profit human services agency, provides a total of eight human services programs to those in need in the northern part of the state. The agency’s mission is to “help people of all cultures and beliefs rise up out of poverty and overcome the barriers to

by SAGE LEEHEY The Tuscany Ballroom at the Peppermill Resort Spa Casino will be filled with many of the area’s wealthiest and well-connected members this Wed. night for the University of Nevada, Reno’s 32nd Annual Foundation Banquet. This is a large fundraising event for the university established back in 1981.